Mar 01 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com For a briefly heated moment at the City Commission meeting Tuesday night, it appeared as if the youth baseball/softball league in San Benito would be no-more. Already a month behind schedule, an emotional S.B.Y.B.S.L. President Omar Gonzalez stood up and addressed the Commission with a handful of major …
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Feb 29 2016
News Staff Report The San Benito High School baseball and softball varsity squads are off to one of the greatest combined starts in program history! Both teams ended this weekend with championship victories at their respective tournaments. The Lady Hound’s next game is Tuesday at home against Hanna at 7:00 p.m. The Greyhounds will …
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Feb 29 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A little less than five years after being named Chief of Police back in 2011, Martin Morales will be officially stepping down from his position with SBPD. The news came in the form of a press release on the City’s website, posted Wednesday February 24, just one day …
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Feb 26 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a special City Commission meeting on Wednesday night, members of the Commission were informed by the engineering firm working on the water plants that the City would have to rely on Water Plant #1 for a minimum of at least four more years. This revelation came after …
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Feb 26 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com With the discussion of a new skate park finally put on a City agenda in San Benito, the skate community made sure to show their support for the cause. Roughly 20 local skaters gathered together to attend a special City meeting Wednesday, which had 12 items on the …
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Feb 25 2016
Special to the NEWS Members of the San Benito Police Department’s K-9 unit division assisted in a major sting operation regarding the sale of Crack Cocaine in the Laguna Madre area today. The Cameron County District Attorney’s Office Special Investigations Unit (CCDAO SIU) executed two search warrants, one in Laguna Heights and the other …
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Feb 24 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A New York man was arrested here Monday evening after he allegedly threw a wooden stick at a San Benito police officer. According to a press release from the SBPD, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Business 77 and Stookey Road Monday at 6:21 p.m. for a …
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Feb 24 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com We’ve all experienced it at some point in our daily commute; Individuals posted up at virtually every corner of the city holding signs and asking for donations for a wide variety of reasons. Disabled veterans looking for money for food, athletic teams going to tournaments, or one of the …
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Feb 24 2016
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A few years ago, after his son passed away, San Benito resident Tony Gonzalez knew he had to find some kind of outlet to deal with the grief he was feeling. After realizing that there was a large group of people who were dealing with the same agony …
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Feb 23 2016
By STEVEN RAY HERNANDEZ Editor Editor@sbnewspaper.com Sometimes we underestimate the power of social media. We become lost amidst the jungle of drama-filled rants, memes, videos and comment -wars that pollute our news feed that we often forget about the positive things it can be used for. But every now and then, we get a …
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